Reccared I (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Reccared (or Recared) I (559-601) (reigned 586-601) was Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia. His reign marked a climactic shift in history, with the king's renunciation of traditional Arianism in favour of Catholic Christianity in 587. Reccared was the younger son of King Liuvigild by his first wife Theodosia. Like his father, Reccared had his capital at Toledo. The Visigothic kings and nobles were traditionally Arian Christians, while the Hispano-Roman population were Roman Catholics. The Catholic bishop Leander of Seville was instrumental in converting the elder son and heir of Liuvigild, Hermenegild, to Catholicism.